| 59 | Psalms | ||
| Prayer for Safety. Psalm 59(v58) | |||
| 1 | Deliver me from my enemies, O my God, protect me from those who rise up against me, | ||
| 2 | deliver me from those who work evil, and save me from bloodthirsty men. | ||
| 3 | For, lo, they lie in wait for my life; fierce men band themselves against me. For no transgression or sin of mine, O Yahweh, | ||
| 4 | for no fault of mine, they run and make ready. Rouse yourself, come to my help, and see! | ||
| 5 | You, LORD God of hosts, are God of Israel. Awake to punish all the nations; spare none of those who treacherously plot evil. | ||
| 6 | Each evening they come back, howling like dogs and prowling about the city. | ||
| 7 | There they are, bellowing with their mouths, and snarling with their lips - for "Who," they think, "will hear us?" | ||
| 8 | But you laugh at them, O Yahweh; you hold all the nations in derision. | ||
| 9 | O my Strength, I will sing praises to you; for you, O God, are my fortress. | ||
| 10 | My God in his steadfast love will meet me; my God will let me look in triumph on my enemies. | ||
| 11 | Slay them not, lest my people forget; make them totter by your power, and bring them down, O Yahweh, our shield! | ||
| 12 | For the sin of their mouths, the words of their lips, let them be trapped in their pride. For the cursing and lies which they utter, | ||
| 13 | consume them in wrath, consume them till they are no more, that men may know that God rules over Jacob to the ends of the earth. | ||
| 14 | Each evening they come back, howling like dogs and prowling about the city. | ||
| 15 | They roam about for food, and growl if they do not get their fill. | ||
| 16 | But I will sing of your might; I will sing aloud of your steadfast love in the morning. For you have been to me a fortress and a refuge in the day of my distress. | ||
| 17 | O my Strength, I will sing praises to you, for you, O God, are my fortress, the God who shows me steadfast love. | ||
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